On Feb 8, 2006, at 9:07 AM, Mike Morrow wrote:
IMHO, this practice [dropping DE and K prosigns in contests]
reflects badly on the contester (on his Morse
"professionalism," if you will). Unfortunately, it also becomes
for many a
bad habit carried over into routine operation. We're only talking
about
taking a *small* additional fraction of a second to send a complete
and
proper exchange.
My point is that the extra prosigns aren't necessary in this case.
The contesters are already sending exchanges that conform to known
patterns -- the overhead isn't needed.
In reality, most contest time and energy is utilized
sending unanswered calls over and over and over and over.
But during the time that there are responders to those CQs, working
the callers quickly and efficiently can make a huge difference in
score. If several callers are there at the same time, they may not
stick around if the operator isn't super-efficient.
It is unfortunate that contest and DX rules in general don't mandate
complete call sign exchanges by both stations, each containing both
station
call signs along with the proper prosigns.
There are some contests which dictate the sending of both callsigns
-- the NA Sprint is one.
That would certainly be more
appropriate than the totally perfunctory 599 report usually sent
with each
exchange.
Not all contests use a 599 report. Many have much more interesting
exchanges. NAQP, for example, uses the Name and State, Province or
Country.
Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
-- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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